Kathy Thomas

Kathy Thomas

Assistant Teaching Professor, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts
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Kathy Thomas received her doctorate environmental planning from Arizona State University in the spring of 2010. Thomas also holds a two bachelor's degrees and a master's degree and has been committed to pursuing academic excellence personally and professionally for more than 20 years. She has taught courses at community colleges and universities in a number of fields since 1994. Her teaching has had a focus on environmental policy and ethics, and also includes courses in agribusiness, biology, planning, women studies and the social sciences. Thomas also was a full-time administrator responsible for academic student success and student services at Arizona State University for 15 years. During her administrative position at Arizona State University, Thomas had a central role integrating the university with the community, and served as a liaison with the community college system. Thomas’ research is focused primarily on policy issues related to gender, assisted housing, and gender roles in democracy and political systems. However, her research also includes environmental resources and urban and environmental policy evaluation. She is currently a lecturer in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. 

Education
  • Ph.D. Environmental Planning, Arizona State University 2010. Dissertation: “The Change of Distribution in Housing Choice Voucher Recipients for City of Phoenix Between 1998, 2004 and 2009.” Dissertation analyzed locational data for women and minorities receiving assisted housing in the City of Phoenix for the years1998, 2004 and 2009. The locational choices that women in assisted housing make and the effects that these choices have on their children were evaluated. The database contained information on over 17,000 recipients and identified geographical trends related to assisted housing recipient locations.
  • M.S. Resource Management, Arizona State University 1998. Thesis: Human Resource Evaluation Tools.
  • B.S.  Zoology, Arizona State University 1995. Research on Women’s Reproductive Health
  • B.A. Women’s Studies, Arizona State University 1995.
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Research Interests

Focused primarily on policy issues related to gender, assisted housing, and gender roles in democracy and political systems.  However, my research also includes environmental resources and urban and environmental policy evaluation.

Publications
  • 2019 Kathy Thomas, Nicholas Alozie, Forthcoming Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. Have Voucher Will Relocate? Poverty Deconcentration in a Large American City

 

  • 2017. Kathy Thomas, Nicholas Alozie,  Gender, Political Efficacy, and Political Participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 2016. Alozie, Nicholas, Kathy Thomas, Patience & Akpan-Obong, Global Liberalization on homosexuality: explaining the African gap The Social Science Journal.
  • 2016 Alozie, Nicholas, Kathy Thomas & Patience Akpan-Obong Mass support for Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa & the quest for sustainable development. International Journal of Economic Development.

 

  • 2015 Nicholas Alozie & Kathy Thomas, United States vs. China in Africa: The Policy Battle for Hearts and Minds and the Difference it Makes. Journal of Public Management and Social Policy.
  • Mushkatel, A., Guhathakurta, S., Thompson, J., Thomas, K., & Franczak, M. (2009). Housing Choice, Outcomes, and Neighborhood Characteristics in Housing Programs for Individuals with a Serious Mental Illness: Analysis of a Phoenix Survey of Individuals with Serious Mental Illness. Public Administrative Quarterly, winter 481-519.

 

  • Halstead, Robert, Alvin Mushkatel & Kathy Thomas, 2014, Restructuring the U.S. Nuclear Waste Management Program: An Environmental Opportunity for Change? Published by State of Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects (NANP), http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/.

 

(Technical Reports)

  • Mushkatel, A., Guhathakurta, S., Dantico, M. & Thomas, K. (2005). 2004 City of Phoenix Housing Condition Evaluation Report. Phoenix Department of Housing and Neighborhood Improvement
Courses
2024 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
ISS 584 Internship
ISS 593 Applied Project
2024 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
SOC 332 The Modern City
ISS 584 Internship
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
ISS 514 Culturl Div&Gender Undrstndng
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
2023 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
SOC 332 The Modern City
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
ISS 494 Special Topics
ISS 598 Special Topics
ISS 494 Special Topics
ISS 598 Special Topics
STS 306 Social Effects of Science Tech
STS 306 Social Effects of Science Tech
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
ISS 598 Special Topics
ISS 599 Thesis
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
SOC 332 The Modern City
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
ISS 514 Culturl Div&Gender Undrstndng
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
ISS 498 Pro-Seminar
ISS 498 Pro-Seminar
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
SOC 332 The Modern City
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
STS 304 Science, Technology & Society
ISS 593 Applied Project
ISS 590 Reading and Conference
ISS 584 Internship
ISS 494 Special Topics
ISS 598 Special Topics
ISS 590 Reading and Conference
ISS 499 Individualized Instruction
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
POS 499 Individualized Instruction
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 332 The Modern City
ISS 593 Applied Project
ISS 599 Thesis
ISS 584 Internship
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
ISS 590 Reading and Conference
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
ISS 494 Special Topics
ISS 598 Special Topics
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
SOC 332 The Modern City
STS 306 Social Effects of Science Tech
STS 499 Individualized Instruction
2021 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
SOC 352 Social Change
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
SOC 352 Social Change
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
SOC 332 The Modern City
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
STS 306 Social Effects of Science Tech
ISS 599 Thesis
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
SOC 352 Social Change
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
SOC 352 Social Change
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
SOC 332 The Modern City
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
SOC 332 The Modern City
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
ISS 599 Thesis
ISS 590 Reading and Conference
STS 499 Individualized Instruction
2019 Summer
Course Number Course Title
SOC 241 Modern Social Problems
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
SOC 352 Social Change
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
2019 Spring
Course Number Course Title
STS 304 Science, Tech, and Society
STS 304 Science, Tech, and Society
STS 499 Individualized Instruction
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
WST 300 Women & Gender Contempry Soc
ISS 514 Culturl Div&Gender Undrstndng
Editorships

Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Behavioral and Social Science

Production Editor for The Journal of Public Management & Social Policy

Production Editor for The African Social Science Review

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